Review of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) by Jluis_001 — 17 Jun 2022

In a way that I found pleasantly surprising; Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a film for adults that has several features that make it remarkably frank about intimacy and sexuality. It's perhaps a little sugar-coated, but it's a film that seeks to treat its viewers with seriousness.

I've never understood why some films that deal with similar themes tend to trivialise and simplify the issue. Given that almost the entire film takes place in the same location, you need your actors to have chemistry and charm to keep you engaged in what is basically 95% dialogue, and both Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack manage to deliver strong performances that keep you invested in their interactions because of the effortless way in which they occur and unfold. Yes, it's a pretty modest film that plays in a relatively safe area, but it doesn't lack quality, nor does the exposition of its theme falters.

I actually found it much more competent and interesting than I expected.